Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HALCYONS, by ALCMAN Poet's Biography First Line: No more, o maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is Last Line: Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! Alternate Author Name(s): Alkman | ||||||||
NO more, O maiden voices, sweet as honey, soft as love is, No more my limbs sustain me. -- A halcyon on the wing Flying o'er the foam-flowers, in the halcyon coveys, Would I were, and knew not care, the sea-blue bird of spring! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BATTLE OF BRITAIN by CECIL DAY LEWIS JAWEH AND ALLAH BATTLE by ALLEN GINSBERG A RENUNCIATION by EDWARD DE VERE EXALTATION by HILDA WHILT ARCHER AN ESSAY TOWARDS A CHARACTER OF HIS SACRED MAJESTY KING JAMES II by PHILIP AYRES PSALM 137 by OLD TESTAMENT BIBLE THE EXILE'S RETURN by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING THE RING AND THE BOOK: BOOK 8. DOMINUS HYACINTHUS ... by ROBERT BROWNING |
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